this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk government issues an easter message to stay indoors this weekend to stop the spread of coronavirus. the british prime minister is spending a sixth day in hospital after leaving intensive care — his father urges him to rest. eu finance ministers agree a 500 billion euro rescue package to help countries worst affected by the pandemic. new york starts to bury some of its dead in mass graves, with nearly 160,000 people infected with coronavirus across the state. a bbc investigation reveals businesses have lost nearly

£2 million in coronavirus—related fraud buying nonexistent medical equipment online. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. i'm annita mcveigh. we're covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. first, as the easter weekend begins, governments around the world are repeated their warnings to people not to go out unless it's absolutely necessary. in the uk, a publicity campaign has been launched telling people to stay home to have a "safe easter" as temperatures are expected to rise to as much as

26 celsius in some places. in europe... finance ministers have agreed an emergency rescue package worth half e1 trillion for economies worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic. new york state has more coronavirus cases than any other country outside the united states. it has more people affected than spain or italy. the british prime minister is out of intensive care and is said to be in "extremely good spirits" at st thomas‘ hospital. speaking to the bbc, his father stanley johnson says that he must now ‘rest up‘ after what he called ‘taking one for the team.‘ let's get the latest from our reporter, charlotte rose. cheering and applause. pots banging and whistles blowing. across the country, it's become a national thursday night ritual to thank those front—line carers for putting themselves at risk in the fight against coronavirus.

and one person in particular was showing her gratitude. the pm's fiancee reacting to the news that borisjohnson is out of intensive care at st thomas‘ hospital in london. brilliant news. yeah, i mean, it‘s really good news. it‘s also a reminder that people can recover, more generally. that‘s good news. it‘s good to have some positive news generally, but it‘s really good to know that the prime minister is on the road to full recovery. i was always confident that he would, and it‘s really good to know that he‘s now out of icu. well, i'm really pleased for the prime minister and his family. it is a relief for them, and i really hope this is the beginning of a speedy recovery, and i think everywhere across the country, people will be wishing him well. so, this is good news. but whilst there‘s good news for the pm, yesterday‘s figures were a sobering reminder that not all are so lucky, with 881 deaths in the past 2a hours, taking the total to nearly 8,000. that‘s why ministers and police chiefs say it‘s so important that people stay at home this easter

weekend, despite the good weather. in cumbria, police stopped two men who‘d travelled to the lakes to go canoeing. they were told to go home. and a warning from one chief constable that they were prepared to take drastic action. we will not, at this stage, be setting up roadblocks. be starting to marshal supermarkets and checking the items in baskets and trolleys to see whether it's a legitimate, necessary item. but again, be under no illusion, if people do not heed the warnings that the police and i are making today, we will start to do that. the force later clarified it would not interrogate shoppers. but one cabinet minister has been forced to defend his own actions during lockdown. for weeks, the housing secretary, robertjenrick, has been hammering home the government‘s message. this is really on all of us, and we can all play a part in tackling the virus, in many cases by doing something as simple as choosing to stay

at home for the coming days. last night, responding to a report in the guardian, he explained he travelled a0 miles to deliver food and medicine to his parents in shropshire last weekend, but insisted he had respected social distancing rules. for all of us, another challenging weekend lies ahead. but the message stays the same — to help nhs workers and ease the strain on our carers over easter, we all need to stay at home. charlotte rose, bbc news. let‘s talk to dr chris smith, virologist who joins me let‘s talk to dr chris smith, virologist whojoins me now let‘s talk to dr chris smith, virologist who joins me now to talk about the importance of social distancing this easter weekend. very good to have you with us. the message absolutely that the government and scientists are trying to hammer home once again is that people must keep doing what the

majority of them have been doing and keeping their distance from others. why is that social distancing measure just as important now as it was when it was first introduced? measure just as important now as it was when it was first introduced7m is easy to lose confidence and to lose faith. we are now at the lowest point where the weather is beautiful. we have been doing this for two or three weeks and everyone is beginning to get despondent because death rates appear to be inexorably climbing. 0ne because death rates appear to be inexorably climbing. one has to keep faith in theirs. the cycle between a person becoming infected with the new coronavirus and are becoming sufficiently unwell that they are taken to hospital and actually die is very long. it might be as long as a month. anything we do today has ramifications and repercussions for the next two or three weeks. the results we are seeing today in hospital infections which occurred a month ago. it is important to bear in mind we probably will begin to really see the effects of what we

are doing for the last two or three weeks beginning to bite now. within the next five to ten days we should see us the next five to ten days we should see us turning the corner in terms of numbers and cases and that should give people confidence. right now you have to remember there is still a lot of viruses circulating and if we keep ourselves away from other people, the only way you will get it is from an infected person. staying apart from other people is the key to breaking the transmission chain. people who are becoming very seriously ill right now, who are going into intensive care right now, and some of them are very, very sadly dying, these are people who would have become infected you are saying before the lockdown measures came into place. that is correct. it isa came into place. that is correct. it is a funny virus when this one. we are only beginning to know how it works and makes people unwell. with the flu, you catch it and you are infectious are most immediately and you are symptomatic almost immediately. within five or six

days, it is all over. with this, the incubation time is five to six days. they feel ill for about a week and then deteriorate for a week and could end up in hospital may end up it isa could end up in hospital may end up it is a really long cycle. because of that it makes it much harder to control that it is much harder to see immediate responses and results of the interventions we are making. that is why i‘m urging people to have confidence and faith and stick with it as hard as is. what is your message to anyone out there who thinks that they can somehow get away with this? that they do not have to absolutely stick to the social distancing. it is ok, i can see my friends. what is your message to that person? this is a very unusual illness and it produces a

really broad range of symptoms. some people are extremely unwell, like couple prime minister has been. 0thers couple prime minister has been. others seem to shrug it off with no symptoms whatsoever. you don‘t know when you meet somebody whether they may be a symptomatically infected. they could have the virus a naked invective. stay within your family unitand invective. stay within your family unit and that way you will not be able to pass it on. think of it as a relay race where the virus is the bat on and wants to be passed from one runner to the next. we had to break the chain of transmission said the overall numbers of cases in the country the overall numbers of cases in the cou ntry falls the overall numbers of cases in the country falls and then we will protect the people who are most vulnerable in society but equally we

will protect the nhs. at the moment we know what nhs capacity years. we know we have spare capacity but it could very easily be overwhelmed and lots of people get it at once. that has been the point of this very costly, both socially and economically, these measures but they are going to work. all really good advice. thank you for getting the message across again. 0ur reporter helena wilkinson is outside st thomas‘ hospital in london. the prime minister is still there. he is doing much better. have we had any specific updates so far? he is doing better. 0ver any specific updates so far? he is doing better. over the last couple of days meant we had the prime minister has been improving. those we re minister has been improving. those were the messages we were getting from saint thomas is here and from downing street. last night we had the news that the prime minister was moved out of intensive care where he spent three nights and onto a ward here at the hospital. there was a lot of concern for the prime minister and for anyone he went up

in intensive care because he came here to hospital on sunday. he came asa here to hospital on sunday. he came as a precaution, that is because his symptoms from the virus, in particular the high temperature, it was not going away. he came here sunday. 0n was not going away. he came here sunday. on monday we were told he was still getting his ministerial papers, he was working from his hospital bed here. things developed very quickly for him. by monday evening he had to be transferred to the intensive care unit here. much more encouraging news and that he has been moved out of the intensive ca re has been moved out of the intensive care unit onto a ward. we are told by downing street in a statement last night that he is going to receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery. note the word, early. it appears this will not be over for the prime minister very quickly stop of course he needs time to recover on the ward. in terms of the question you ask about any updates that we have

not had any news this morning. not surprising, downing street would only tell us if there is something significant to say. i think we might get more detail on a daily news briefing to journalists takes place at around lunchtime today. better news for the prime minister in that he is out of intensive care and on a ward here at the hospital. thank you very much. new york state now has more coronavirus cases than any other country outside the us, according to latest figures. there are almost 160,000 people infected, more so than spain or italy. the state has started to bury some of its dead in mass graves. images, taken by drones, show labourers working on hart island near the bronx, laying pine coffins in long trenches. president trump reaffirmed his desire to reopen the us economy as quickly as possible, in the face of surging jobless figures. david willis reports. every day for the last three

days, a new record has been set in new york. more than 7000 people have died here, but despite that, officials believe there is still cause for hope. the number of people admitted to hospital with symptoms of the virus is starting to level out, and that is boosting president trump‘s belief that the united states might soon start to return to normal. looks like we are at the lower end of the curve in terms of death and i think we are going to open up strong and very successfully, and i would like to say even more successfully than before. the president is itching to see america back in business, the world‘s largest economy has devastated by this crisis. government figures show that in the last three weeks, nearly 17 million people here lost theirjobs.

april‘s unemployment rate is forecasted to hit 15%, a number not seen since the days of the great depression. in a ground—breaking move, america‘s central bank, the federal reserve, has announced it is to provide more than $2 trillion in loans to help small businesses and local governments pay their bills. but the cost of testing everyone here who thinks they might have the coronavirus could prove unsustainable, so how then could the trump administration start sending people back to work? at the present moment we have now cleared more than two million tests across the country, and i am pleased to report we are testing more than 100,000 people per day now. but more testing is crucial, especially of reports that the president is pushing to reopen the country by the beginning of may are true. the united states is expected to see its biggest death toll from the coronavirus this coming

easter sunday. david willis, bbc news. european union finance ministers have agreed a 500 billion euro package to help member states‘ economies. loans will be provided to help pay health care costs and support companies and unemployed workers. the ministers stopped short of accepting a demand, by france and italy, to share out the cost of the crisis by issuing so—called corona bonds. matt graveling reports. while video links kept ministers apart, the message did not. solidarity is key. a phrase born through weeks of discussion and part of the first major step to repair economies left battered by the coronavirus pandemic. we can all remember the response to the financial crisis of the last decade, when europe did too little, too late. this time around it‘s different.

different to the tune of 500 billion euros, being made available to help countries pay for the health care, cure, and prevention—related costs of covid—19. the move comes after the world trade organization warned the pandemic will cause the deepest economic recession in living memories. currently, we rely solely on the safety nets that are in place in each member state. but these safety nets are facing unprecedented pressure in some parts of our union. that is why we welcome the creation of a temporary european instrument to support national safety nets in this crisis. with quarantine measures leaving countries counting the cost of the outbreak, ministers say they will work hard to make funds available within two weeks. but the discussions were not without problems. talks broke down on wednesday without an agreement, including a dispute between italy and the netherlands over how to apply the recovery fund.

this emergency plan will shield our economic and social fabric as we dive into a recession. when the health crisis abates, we will need to spur the economic recovery. it is imperative that we grow together. the eurogroup described the rescue package as unprecedented, but it‘s still only a third of the 1.5 trillion euros the european central banks say will be required to tackle the crisis. matt graveling, bbc news. police have said that more £1.8 million has been lost to coronavirus related fraud in the uk. a bbc investigation has found that criminals have set up scam websites, claiming to sell non existent products like face masks, gloves and sanitisers. the national cyber

security centre has issued an advisory about cyber criminals exploiting covid—19. its chief executive is ciaran martin, hejoins me now. good morning to you and thank you for your time today. tell us about the sorts of scams you are seeing. technology is helping in this crisis, helping people work and stay in touch with friends and family and helping the nhs. there are some awful people out there he will stop at nothing to make money out of people‘s fears. we have taken down around 600 sites were selling things like fake personal protective equipment, selling fake testing kits and even trying to sell kills. there are things to watch out for and there are ways to stay safe online as well. tell us what those things are. the sorts of things people do to stay safe is quite you can look

for example at the address. government addresses and official advice are very clear set of rules. if it looks a bit more complicated, it may well be fake. secondly, look at what the government is asking you to do. if the government is asking you to give away lots of data, it is probably fake. if it is offering you money you hadn‘t expected it is probably fake. the third thing you can do is just look as you say, a lot of these attacks come from abroad. when they do come from abroad, often they have poor english and are poorly presented. if they use gbp or the pound sign, they are probably fake. to what extent has the huge surge in the number of people working from home made computers given to them by their employers, made the situation worse for them and easier for criminals to exploit? again, it is a good thing

people are able to work from home. people had to do it carefully and employers have to manage it carefully. when there is large—scale disruption in the way you do it, in an organisation where everyone is suddenly working from home, if you don‘t give them good equipment and configure it properly and have a good password policy, it is easier for criminals to exploit that was that if you do all those things, it is not easierfor that if you do all those things, it is not easier for criminals. that if you do all those things, it is not easierfor criminals. let‘s do it safely and check things are automatically backed up, that you have software protection is on and so have software protection is on and so forth. if you work from home badly in security terms than it is easier. there are simpler things that allow employees to work from home more safely. we just lost the website name. the line dropped out. tell us your website again. ncsc,

dr, dot uk. like that if someone clicks on something they should not have, it is really important they let work colleagues know as soon as possible, isn‘t it? yes, employers should be tolerant and forgiving. they should not punish people for clicking on links. they should change passwords if they believe the password has been compromised. great advice. thank you very much. schools in south korea are set to return for online lessons today — for the first time since their winter break. the government says all students across the country will be given the technology to learn. meanwhile in the uk, british children are struggling to share limited resources in their homes, with many not having access to the internet. bryony baynes is the headteacher of kempsey primary school in worcester, in england. her school has been creating web pages to enable her students to learn from home, but she says there are many challenges with some children not having the correct equipment or even internet access. shejoins me now.

thank you for taking the time to talk to us. you are the second head teacher we have spoken to today. tell us what life is like right now. this is farfrom tell us what life is like right now. this is far from the ordinary is to break you might have expected. indeed. i was due to be in america visiting family, so it is a bit different than i was looking forward to. we are open, school is open. today we have the grand total of five children in. throughout the period, the number has varied between 30 and five, it depends on shift patterns. it isa five, it depends on shift patterns. it is a very different school, it is quiet. we are working really hard on giving their children just a positive experience in school, so we are doing things like this afternoon we are having a film afternoon and we are having a film afternoon and we are having a film afternoon and we are doing popcorn and pop, which

under normal circumstances we would never allow in school. we have had... we are bringing some land‘s end next week, we are doing orienteering. we are trying to make it very positive experience for children in school, while we are also thinking about the children who are not with us and trying to make sure they have access to as many resources and learning opportunities as we can provide them. you didn't have a lot of time to get up and running with the home schooling situation before this easter break, what would have been normal is to holidays at school. how is that going? how are your staff are finding that? a third part of that is, how our children and parents able to respond to that, especially if they don‘t have the equipment at home to access the information? if they don‘t have the equipment at home to access the information7m isa home to access the information7m is a challenge. the biggest challenges we have had so little time, as you said, to get ready. we

had to macro days notice that the school was closing. we have a facebook page and a web page. 0n the web page we are posting learning opportunities for each year group and parents can access bad. we are using the facebook page for fun activities. we did a toilet roll challenge where we had the children throw toilet paper and send it back into us. that challenge has been, i think of the biggest challenge has been the vast difference in what pa rents been the vast difference in what parents have at home. we had some pa rents parents have at home. we had some parents who have access to computers, laptops, printers, etc, right down to parents who don‘t have a printer or even a laptop at home. we are printing work out for them and putting outside school so they can pick it up. it is a real challenge in that respect. it is also difficult gauging how much work

to set. we don‘t want the children feeling overwhelmed. we are aware that the children are anxious and nervous, already about what is happening in the world. it is trying to set the right amount of work for them. also i am very conscious because parents have told me that they are not teachers. of course. we had to choose the right work. briefly, briony, i know parents all around the country are struggling financially and that has certainly been the case with some of your pa rents. been the case with some of your parents. people have donated easter eggs to supermarkets to give out. have you noticed that? we have a school food bank which is now a food bank for the community. we had more people in the last few weeks and we had in the last year. morrisons have

been brilliant in donating food. today they donated over 300 easter eggs which we are putting out on ta bles eggs which we are putting out on tables and inviting the community to collect one. i am so sorry, we out of time. i hope the children enjoy those easter eggs. goodbye tv and is now on bbc world. great apes have been put into lockdown in africa. sanctuaries for other apes had closed to the public. once every ten years, the bavarian village of 0berammergau puts on its world famous passion play. it‘s a tradition stretching back to the 17th century, when villagers believed it would protect them against the plague. now the coronavirus outbreak has forced them to postpone it for two years. here‘s our berlin correspondentjenny hill. it should have been

the performance of the decade. rehearsals well under way for one of the world‘s most famous religious productions. 0pening night was just weeks away when coronavirus brought the curtain down. it is always a very special year, the passion play year. people are getting closer and suddenly everything stopped. i think that is pretty hard for a lot. in 0berammergau, i think it is a close community because generations come together. it is 400 years since the people of this bavarian village made a promise. they put on a passion play. in return, they hoped god would protect them from the plague. they have been doing it ever since. once every ten years, the village faithfully re—enacts the life, death and resurrection of christ. legend has it the play saved

0berammergau from the black death. little protection now it seems against a modern virus. it is a kind of a grey fog that lays all over every life, every action, everything we do. with stopping or bringing the passion play two years later on stage, and the fact of the corona crisis, we miss 10 million euros. costumes, props, in storage now. the play itself is insured but local businesses depend on the visitors. 0berammergau is in lockdown. the production postponed until 2022. people think about the meaning of life, i have a feeling there are a lot of answers also in the passion play itself. it is about jesus talking about the poor. he is talking about diseases and about war. those sentences we had in the rehearsals, i think

they have a different meaning when we will bring it on stage in two years. in this, the bleakest of times, faith and hope. schools go back in south korea for the first time since their winter break. all students will be given technology to learn. this is not how this teacher wanted to greet her first year students. you see me, let‘s see. to greet her first year students. you see me, let's see. she never changed her phone could become a

blackboard or that she would had to introduce herself online. it is hard. at first i was so nervous, even scared, because i have never used this technology before. having my first class, finishing my first class, i think it was not as bad as i thought. it can never be like an original class but still, in a situation like this, this is the best option. how has this time been for you? we are supposed to go to school. since we are still staying home for the last few weeks, my life style home for the last few weeks, my lifestyle has become more slack and lazy. their teacher tells me she can check their work in real time to ensure students are indeed studying. learning to work in a virtual classroom in just a few days has been a real challenge. it